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Photograph caption dated November 14, 1959 reads, "Getting into the spirit of 'Japanese Camera Month' being held during November by the Big Four Camera Exchanges of the Valley are these three owners who are bedecked in authentic Japanese kimonos. From left, they are Phil Weinstein, Jack Williams and Bill Brooks. The four stores, which are decorated in an Oriental motif, are featuring demonstrations of leading Japanese cameras this month as part of a big sales promotion."
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Big Four Camera Stores (Los Angeles, Calif.) Big Four Camera Stores (Los Angeles, Calif.)--Employees Stores & shops--California--San Fernando Valley Camera industry--California--San Fernando Valley Camera industry--California--San Fernando Valley--Employees Cameras--California--San Fernando Valley Kimonos--California--San Fernando Valley Men--California--San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley (Calif.) Group portraits Portrait photographs Valley Times Collection photographs
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